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Viacom delays launch of gay cable channel

Friday, January 14, 2005 New York —Media giant Viacom has delayed the launch of its LGBT-themed LOGO channel by more than four months, according to reports. Originally scheduled to launch Feb. 17, the new channel’s debut was delayed until a planned June 30 sign on. Part of Viacom’s MTV Networks, LOGO has secured carriage on

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BBC spends £3.4m on sell-off

Friday, June 27, 2008 Newspaper The Guardian reports today that the sale of the BBC subsidiary BBC Resources Ltd., has cost £3.4m in consultancy fees — over £1m more than the £2.3m trading profit the commercial division is estimated to have made for the last financial year. Details of the failed privatisation were released by

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Lady Bird Johnson released from Austin hospital

Friday, June 29, 2007 Former First Lady “Lady Bird” Johnson was released Thursday after a week at Seton Hospital after being admitted for tests because she was not feeling well. She is the widow of Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States from 1963 to 1969. She is best known for her conservation and

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World’s first double arm transplant undertaken in Munich

Saturday, August 2, 2008 A 54-year-old German farmer who lost both arms in a farming accident six years ago has become the first patient to receive a complete double arm transplant. The patient, whose name has not been released, underwent the operation at the Klinikum rechts der Isar, part of the Technical University of Munich

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French Workers stay at home for Whit Monday

Monday, May 16, 2005 In France, workers by the millions stayed at home during the Whit Monday holiday despite the government’s cancellation of the traditional Pentecost public holiday. Some acted in defiance of the government’s decision, while some took leave or were put on forced leave by their employers due to uncertainties of public transportation.

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Crude Oil Trading Flat

Read An Opinion On: Buy Concrete Vibrators Submitted by: Trader J Howell Crude Oil: Oil is fractionally giving up its last week s gains on concerns that politicians in the US will not reach any decision over the fiscal cliff and as a result the US economy will slip in to a recession. Also the

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Fire breaks out at Chester Zoo, England

Monday, December 17, 2018 A fire occurred on Saturday at Chester Zoo in Cheshire, UK, in a building the zoo says is the largest indoor zoological exhibit in the UK, at 11:30 a.m. local time (UTC). The only injury reported was a case of smoke inhalation. Some of the animals living there died. Chester Zoo

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Forex Trading Instances

Read An Opinion On: Forex Support And Resistance Strategies Australia Forex Trading Instances by jefff9ktjo Although the dollar is essentially the most heavily traded currency on the planet, the US forex market is not the busiest foreign money market within the world. Once you spend a while wanting at the foreign exchange market you will

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